The Prime Minister Who Ran WWII From His Bed
Every morning during WWII — while German bombs still smoldered across London — Britain's Prime Minister was in bed.
At 7:30 AM Churchill awoke — and stayed in bed. He read every newspaper. Ate breakfast.
Then began dictating letters and memos to secretaries — still in his pajamas.
His private secretary Elizabeth Layton recalled Churchill dictating famous
speeches sometimes until 4:30 AM — from bed — or pacing in his red, green and gold dressing gown.
He rarely left bed before 11 AM. Generals. Cabinet ministers. Intelligence chiefs. They all waited in the hallway.
He called his bed his "battle station."
From it he dictated letters,
sipped whisky-flavored water, and read until late morning.
Every decision
that changed the war — made from a man who hadn't yet put his trousers on.
At 7:30 AM Churchill awoke — and stayed in bed. He read every newspaper. Ate breakfast.
Then began dictating letters and memos to secretaries — still in his pajamas.
His private secretary Elizabeth Layton recalled Churchill dictating famous
speeches sometimes until 4:30 AM — from bed — or pacing in his red, green and gold dressing gown.
He rarely left bed before 11 AM. Generals. Cabinet ministers. Intelligence chiefs. They all waited in the hallway.
He called his bed his "battle station."
From it he dictated letters,
sipped whisky-flavored water, and read until late morning.
Every decision
that changed the war — made from a man who hadn't yet put his trousers on.
